Jason S. Barber was being held today on a $100,000 bond in the Marion County Jail. He is scheduled to appear Monday in Marion Superior Court for an initial hearing.

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An Indianapolis Police Department narcotics investigator was arrested and charged with two felonies today for allegedly selling a handgun to a convicted burglar.

Eight-year veteran Jason S. Barber, 32, was the fourth Indianapolis police officer and the third narcotics officer in the department to be arrested in the last two weeks on felony charges. There are 16 officers in the narcotics unit.

Police say Barber's alleged crime was not connected with the federal investigation that landed former narcotics officers Jason P. Edwards and Robert B. Long in jail on June 16. ...